A DISCUSSION ON LEAN, 3P DESIGN IN HEALTHCARE, AND THE LEAN LEADER Stephen J Grose, CHFM Kaizen Fellow and Former Virginia Mason Administrative Director of Support Services May 16 th, 2014 Oregon Society for Healthcare Engineering
What is Lean Healthcare Simple: A process for managing change and creating continuous improvement within the healthcare environment Lean Healthcare is not just another project: it's a way to transform your entire organization into a safe and high-quality, high-performing healthcare delivery system.
The Four Pillars of 21 st Century Healthcare
Lean Healthcare
The Lean Journey Kaizen: Kaizen Event Rapid Process Improvement Work Shop Six Sigma Lean Journey Standard Improvement Kaikaku: 3P Work Shop
Kaizen is a MUST!
The Basics- You Must Relentlessly Pursue the Seven Wastes Waste is any task or item that does not add value from the perspective of the customer. Which is the Greatest Waste and Why?
There are Different Types of Waste Type 1: Non-value added activities that are currently required, such as work to comply with regulations Type 2: Non Value added activities that can be stopped immediately with no detrimental effect Eliminate the Type 2 Wastes as soon as possible
What is True Value The Value-Added Test Does the task contribute to meeting customer needs? Is the customer willing to pay for the task? Does the task transform the product/service? Does the customer want or need the transformation? Is the task done right the first time? If you answer No to any of the questions is the task value-added?
Which of these tasks add value? Front Desk check in Directions to your doctor s office Waiting for your doctor Being shown into the exam room Taking your blood pressure Doctor reviewing your symptoms Writing the prescription for medication Filling out the billing form Billing information entered into IDX Making corrections to your bill
Defects Defects are mistakes that go uncorrected The purpose of a Lean Journey is to ensure
Defects at a 200 Bed Surgical Hospital So what s good enough? Imagine 96% quality at The Kennedy Woods Medical Center 600 501 40,000 10,800 68,000 5,000 defective surgeries/year defective transfusions/year defective medication administrations/year wrong meals served/year defective bills sent/year defective paychecks/year
Again at 99.9% Quality Imagine 99.9% quality at Kennedy Woods Medical Center 15 defective surgeries/year 17 defective transfusions/year 1,000 defective medication administrations/year 182 wrong meals served/year 17,000 defective bills sent/year 125 defective paychecks/year Are We Done?
Only 100% Perfection is Acceptable "... Perhaps the only way we can make our apology real is to do everything we can to prevent medical errors in our system," reads a statement on the hospital Web site.
What is 3P A variation of the RPIW, it is an adaptation of manufacturing s production preparation process," or 3P workshop. Clinicians, operations staff and managers, architects, contractors and lean experts collaborate on achieving facility design to optimize the seven healthcare flows: Staff Information Supplies Patients Medications Equipment Families
When Designing Lean- The 3P New Facility Development New Service Line Development A Significant Change in Production Schedules Upgrading or Changing Equipment Why Will Provide Effective Defined Planning Implements Remedial Measures for Existing Issues Incorporates New Production Methods Discovered Through Kaizen Will Shorten Lead Times
Steps of 3P- Any Industry, Every Time
3P- The Good. This is where Lean Planning, Design, and Development takes place. Allows the Team to First Refocus on the Process Flow What and How Many New Flows Focused on Process Commonalities or Cycle Times New Layouts Developed according to Flow, Flexibility, Collaborative Staffing Support And People Flow Development of Tact Time Work Sequence Standard Work and Training Programs Visual Management Then Equipment Right Sized, Right Type, Ergonomic And Finally Imbedded Quality Confirmation 100% In-Line, In-Process Inspections
3P- The Bad. Teams See the 3P Opportunity to Design and Space but not Flow and Quality The Focus of the 3P Must Always Be on the 7 Flows of Medicine and the Imbedded Quality Checks Within the Flows! Teams See the 3P Opportunity for Design and Space but not Planning and Development The Steps to a Successful 3P are 1. Process Planning 2. Proto Typing- Design Test and Evaluation 3. Volume Based Production Design
3P- The Ugly 3P s Begin and End the Lean Journey Consultants Try to Coach & Play Time is Spent Trying to Win the Approval of the Doubter Goals Become Barriers We Start by Building a Hospital Failure is seen as Failure
And One More Time 3P is... When the people who do the work examine the way the work is performed now, recognize what processes work well and should be optimized in the new design along with identifying and repairing the systems that should be changed before the move A 3P is about process, flow & quality. It is NOT about design and construction.
What is a Lean Leader?
Character Traits of a Lean Leader Talk Straight Demonstrate Respect Be Transparent Right Wrongs Show Loyalty Open, Honest, & Candid- No Spin, Posturing, or Lying Genuinely care for others, show you care Tell the truth in a way people can Verify, with openness and authenticity Make things right when you are wrong, Make it quick and with restitution when necessary Give credit to others and represent others when they are not present
Competency Traits of a Lean Leader Deliver Results Get Better Confront Reality Practice Accountability Get the right things doneresults not activities Always improve, increase your capabilities and take feedbackoften and thankfully Take issues head on- especially the undiscussables. Do not skirt the real issues Hold yourself accountable.
Social Traits of a Lean Leader Listen First Keep Commitments Extend Trust Truly attempt to understand and diagnose- Listen with your eyes, ears, and heart Say what you are going to do and do what you say. Make your commitments carefully but keep them at all costs Demonstrate the propensity to trust- This truly makes a leader. Trust simply means confidence, you know it when you see it. Jack Welsh
Thank You...And Remember. Fail Forward Fast If you haven't failed then you haven t tested the boundary of your maximum efficiency! Stephen Grose, CHFM Stephen.grose@emeraldnw.com 206-491-1479